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Video released of police shooting of man armed with knife

A dashboard camera video released Friday shows two police officers fatally shooting a knife-wielding man as he ran toward them along a rural road in July, then firing several more times after he fell at their feet.

A dashboard camera video released Friday shows two police officers fatally shooting a knife-wielding man as he ran toward them along a rural road in July, then firing several more times after he fell at their feet.

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Updated: 5:53 PM EDT Sep 25, 2015

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WEBVTT JOSH: THIS STORY DOES CONTAIN GRAPHIC VIDEO. MIKE CRONIN HAS MORE. REPORTER: WE OBTAINED THIS VIDEO THROUGH OUR RIGHT TO KNOW REQUEST. THIS HAPPENED IN BATH, ALTHOUGH IT INVOLVED HAVERHILL POLICE OFFICERS. THIS VIDEO SHOWS WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE POLICE SHOT 42-YEAR-OLD HAGEN LENNIT. TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE WEARING BODY CAMERAS DURING THE FATAL EBB COUNTER ON JULY 6. FIRST HE'S MOVING AWAY FROM POLICE, THEN TURNING AND RUNNING TOWARDS THEM WITH A KNIFE. BEFORE HE WAS SHOT, BUT AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS BLEEDING FROM A PREVIOUS SELF INFLICTED WOUND. DROP THE KNIFE! LEAVE IT! REPORTER: AFTER A HEARING THE JUDGE ORDERED THE MORE GRAPHIC PART OF THE VIDEO WHEN LENIN IS ACTUALLY SHOT TO BE EDITED OUT. THE PART THAT WAS RELEASED FRIDAY SHOWS THE ENCOUNTER AND POLICE AND FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVING ON SCENE INCLUDING THIS CONVERSATION BETWEEN A POLICE SERGEANT AND ONE OF THE OFFICERS WHO FIRED HIS WEAPON. ARE YOU OKAY? OKAY. YOU DISCHARGED YOUR FIREARM? YES. REPORTER: THE A.G.'S OFFICE SAID DEADLY FORCE WAS JUSTIFIED. HE HER ATTORNEY TOLD NEWS 9 SHE WAS DEVASTATED BY THE VIDEOS BEING MADE PUBLIC. PRIOR TO TINS DENT THE A.G.'S OFFICE SAYS THAT ESTE LENINGOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT ON THE BRIDGE, THEY SAY WHAT HE DID BEFORE AND DURING THE SHOOTING

Video released of police shooting of man armed with knife

A dashboard camera video released Friday shows two police officers fatally shooting a knife-wielding man as he ran toward them along a rural road in July, then firing several more times after he fell at their feet.